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CRIOLO (Brazil/2014)

Criolo est pour moi un compromis entre Notorious Big, Fela Kuti et Bob Marley. Je pèse mes mots. Artiste brésilien aux multiples facettes musicales, Rap, Reggae, Afrobeat, Samba, Jazz, il explose avec son deuxième album en 2011 et devient une référence majeure dans la musique brésilienne. Il a conquis le monde avec un tournée internationale qui a durée deux ans. Il revient avec son troisième album et comme d'habitude il est en écoute gratuite. Criolo sait que la scène l'attend et que son orchestre est assez talentueux pour ne pas être aux services des ventes. Criolo est grand son orchestre encore plus.

DIFÉ (Martinique/1982)

Once is not custom, here is an amazing band from Martinique: Difé. Created in 1977 by great drummer, singer and composer Alfred Varasse who opened the doors of modern martinican music. This album is excellent especially hit "Ki Moun Ou Yé". Recorded in 1982 the band made a brilliant tribute to Bob Marley on "In Syel Markey" ("Marley in the sky").

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Une fois n'est pas coutume, voici un prodigieux orchestre de Martinique: Difé. Crée en 1977 par Alfred Varasse, immense batteur, chanteur et compositeur. Précurseur de la musique moderne martiniquaise, il ouvre les portes de l'orchestre Kassav. Cet album est excellent en particulier le morceau "Ki Moun Ou Yé", un vrai tube. Enregistré en 1982, l'album rend aussi un brillant hommage à Bob Marley sur "Marley Dans Syel".

Tapper Zukie (Jamaica/1978)

Tapper was nickname given to him by his grandmother in his youth, while Zukie was a name came from his friends' association as a young boy. Their gang was called The Zukies. In 1973, his mother, concerned with Zukies' tendency to get into trouble, sent him to England. Producer Bunny Lee arranged for him to undertake some recordings...

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Le surnom "Tapper" vient de sa grand mère, et "The Zukies" était la bande d'amis qu'il avait quand il était enfant. Il eut un impact assez important des deux cotés de la table de mixage, d'abord en tant que toaster à succès, puis en tant que producteur. Il commence sa carrière en Angleterre en 1973 grace à Bunny Lee qui lui fait enregistrer ses premiers disques...

CLASSIC VIBES (Ghana/1979)

Reggae post and edition on label Tropiques Satel with a Ghanaian reggae band, Classic Vibes, who recorded this album in Benin in 1979. I personally like the track "The Way of Jah", beautifully sad and joyful. Thank's to Ken Yatta here is a biography of Kojo Antwi, leader of Classique Vibes:

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Courrier reggae et changement de style sur le label Tropiques Satel avec un groupe de reggae Ghanéen, Classic Vibes, qui a enregistré cet album au Bénin en 1979. J'aime personnellement le morceau "The Way of Jah", joliment triste et allègre. Grace à Ken Tatta voici une biographie en anglais de Kojo Antwi, leader des Classique Vibes.

KOJO ANTWI

Ghana's international music superstar, Kojo Antwi, keeps pushing the limits of his achievements higher and higher. His recent performance "Shut Down" New York City. The Edward Grant Highway was closed temporarily in order to accomodate his audience. It all happend when a concert hall in the "Capital of the world", New York City, could not accomodate thousands of ticket holders to Kojo Antwi's LIVE SHOW. According to some newspaper reports this group of music lovers were "the largest ever seen at any Ghanaian gathering." He was also dubbed as the number one crowd pulling, best selling music artist in Ghana today. In a similar performance at London's Brixton Academy he brought the house down with his of style of music. Audience responses have been phenomenally glowing with other Europen countries such as Belgium, Holland, Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavian countries. As an award winning international performer Kojo Antwi's CD's top the charts weeks after they are released. Mother Africa, his latest album sold 200,000 copies of cassettes weeks after it hit the markets.

Kojo started his career with the Boomtalents in 1977. A year later the Classique Handels was formed. Their superb performances took them to Cote d'Ivoire, Niger, Bokina Faso, Benin and Togo. The group inspired a artiste like Alpha Blonde who late made it big time. The group late changed its name to Classic Vibes, and went on an invitation tour of Denmark, to perform at the famous Afro Festival alongside renowned artistes from England, and Jamaica, including the legendary reggae star Bob Marley's wife Rita Marley. At the end of it all, Classique Vibes was adjudged the best group.

Switzerland, Germany and Scandinavian countries. As an award winning international performer Kojo Antwi's CD's top the charts weeks after they are released. Mother Africa, his latest album sold 200,000 copies of cassettes weeks after it hit the markets.

Orchestre C.V.D (Burkina, 1975)

The Orchestra C.V.D takes its name from the label "Club Voltaïque du Disque". This N°17 from C.V.D's label was recorded in 1975. This rare album has nice mandigo tune "Volta Mousso". The rest is average reggae and soukous influenced. Welcome to the Club...

L'orchestre C.V.D tire son nom du label "Club Voltaïque du Disque". Ce N°17 du label C.V.D a été enregistré en 1975. L'album est plutôt influensé Reggae et Soukous à part le titre "Volta Mousso" qui est une bouffée d'air mandingue. Bienvenue au Club...

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Safohene Djeni (Ghana)

The background to Safehini Djeni's music career is dated as far back as the sixties when he joined T.D. Quarcoo's Guitar Band, where he learnt to play the guitar. As variety is the spice of life, he later joined guitar bands like Akompi, Okukuseku N°1, Ahamano's and later Nyame Bekyere Band led by ace actor Seaboy J.N. Ebroni and feature prominently as lead guitarist and vocalist and also composer of their hit tune "Nyame Bekyere".

Safohene Djeni fit les gloires des grands orchestres tels que Akompi, Okukuseku N°1, Ahamano et Nyame Bekeyeke Band dans le quel évolue la grande star J.N. Ebroni. Il fit sa place comme guitariste mais aussi comme chanteur et compositeur, notamment du fameux titre "Nyame Bkyere".

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Ambroise F.

A new artist on Oro and as always: Afro-Cuban, Reggae, Funk and Pop music... Fidegnon is known to be a great pianist. Another great musician played on this record: Louis Wasson, from Cameroon, who also recorded with Sagbohan Danialou on this album. Please, my friends, enjoy "Nonvi Tche Honton Tche", a great latin tune...

Un nouvel artiste sur Oro et comme d'habitude: de l'Afro-Cubain, du Reggae, de la funk et de la Pop... Fidegnon est connu pour être un grand claviste mais, sur cet album, il y a aussi Louis Wasson, fameux guitariste du Cameroun, qui a déjà enregistré avec Sagbohan Danialou sur cet album. Vous Apprécierez, mes amis, le titre "Nonvi Tche Honton Tche" un terrible titre latin...

Pozo Hayes feat. Ignace de Souza & Danialou Sagbohan (Ghana/1985)

This first album from Pozo Hayes was edited by Satel and recorded in Benin in 1985. Ignace de Souza is on trumpet and Danialou Sagbohan on drums. Here is the story of Pozo Hayes:

As a little boy growing up in Kaneshie, Nana Boake Ofori Atta, a.k.a Pozo Hayes, could not go out to play like other children. Virtually grounded by polio at the age of three, he founded companionship in radio set. His father, Aaron Kofi Asante Ofori Atta, the last Speaker of parliament in Nkrumah regime bought him a wheelchair when he was about to start school. The right armrest of that chair became the drum with which he supported his singing of trendy pop tunes at school.

At the beginning of his career, the promoter of Satel Editions invited him in Cotonou, Benin. Pozo Hayes elected to do the trip with Classic Handels and the gig was great. He recorded his firts album "Looking Over There" and since then, he has not looked back and can boast of eight albums to his name.

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T.P. Orchestre Poly-Rythmo & Adjaho Coffi feat SAGBOHAN DANIALOU

This fantastic album was recorded in 1981 with Poly-Rythmo Orchestra. When I heard it I discovered that Sagbohan Danialou was singing the chorus and playing drums. Adjaho Coffi is known to be a famous comedian but also a great composer and singer. Some of the songs are purely inspired by traditional rhythms like Kakagbo. We can feel in those rhythms Sagbohan's arangements.

Cet album absolument génial a été enregistré en 1981 avec l'orchestre Poly-Rythmo. En l'écoutant j'ai découvert que Sagbohan Danialou chantait les choeurs et qu'il était à la cession rythmique. Adjaho Coffi était un fameux comédien, diplômé en France, mais aussi un grand auteur compositeur, ainsi que chanteur. Certains des titres de cet album sont merveilleusement inspirés par des rythmes traditionnels tels que le Kakagbo. On peut sentir dans les arrangements la pâte de Sagbohan.

Ambroise Akoha

Ambroise Akoha began his career in 1971. He is called Jukko. He performed between 1975 and 1977 as Gnonnas Pedro's guitarist.

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This is his first album, recorded during the late 70's. The famous singer Miguelito is singing chorus and different rhythms such as makossa, reggae, slow...

Sonny Okosun: "Papa's Land" (Nigeria/1977)

Sonny Okosun was born in 1947. He was one of the leading Nigerian musicians from the late 1970s to mid '80s. His first band, The Postmen, was formed in Enugu in 1965. In 1969 he joined Melody Maestros, a band led by Victor Uwaifo from 1972 to 1974 he led a group known as Paperback Limited and then formed a new band, Ozziddi. From then on, he released several albums either with Ozziddi, or solo recordings.

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His 1977 song, "Fire in Soweto", became a major international hit. He was featured in the anti-apartheid album Sun City and his song "Highlife" was in the soundtrack of 1986 film Something Wild His mainstream success started to fade in the late 1980s, but he continued his career as a gospel musician under the name Evangelist Sonny Okosun.
He died aged 61 on 24 May 2008 at Washington DC.

Sonny Okosun: "Holy Wars" (Nigeria/1978)

In 1976, Okosun created Ozziddi band (Ozziddi means message) channeling influenses like afro-funk, soul and reggae. About this period, Okosun said: "I was trying to talk about what was happening to black people." This second album with Ozziddi was recorded in London in 1978.

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En 1976, Okosun crée l'orchestre Ozziddi qui veut dire "message", mélangeant des influenses telles que l'afro funk, la soul et le reggae. A propos de cette période, Okosun dit: "J’essayais de parler de ce qui arrivait au peuple noir". Ce deuxième album avec Ozziddi a été enregistré en 1978 à Londres.